FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-02 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-10.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
-1.8% vs 2024
Employees
451
-8.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£467K
+60.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY 1998-05-28 → present
- FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY AND GENTLEFOLK'S HELP 1914-02-09 → 1998-05-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,037,000 | £18,297,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,191,000 | -£467,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,191,000 | -£467,000 | |
| Net profit | -£158,000 | -£693,000 | |
| Cash | £2,511,000 | £2,239,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,557,000 | £38,582,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,225,000 | £37,522,000 | |
| Equity | £38,225,000 | £37,522,000 | |
| Average employees | 491 | 451 | |
| Wages | £12,262,000 | £11,482,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.9% | -2.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.0% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.0% | 10.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | -11.79x | -5.08x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's and Group's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity and Group have sufficient resources and reserves to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements, and therefore the going concern basis is adopted in the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY · parent
- The Retired Nurses National Home (the RNNH)
- Potential Limited
- Friends of the Elderly Trading Limited
Significant events
- “Closure of one care home in June 2024 due to the building no longer being fit for purpose.”
- “Sale of one care home, as a fully operating care home, with completion taking place in April 2025.”
- “New leasehold care home, Friends Place, opened in August 2025.”
- “Planning permission granted, on appeal, for 71 independent living homes for older people on our Coulsdon site in March 2025.”
- “Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal became our Patron in October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 59 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2015-02-13 | — | — |
| AVERY, Nicholas William James | Director | 2024-05-23 | Feb 1961 | British |
| BEECROFT, Martin Richard | Director | 2021-02-18 | May 1960 | British |
| DEACON, David John | Director | 2021-02-18 | Sep 1963 | British |
| DUNCAN, Craig Jeffrey | Director | 2024-05-23 | Apr 1976 | British |
| FOSTER, Paul Guy | Director | 2021-02-18 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HOGARTY, Louisa Clare | Director | 2021-02-18 | Apr 1981 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Lee Anne | Director | 2024-05-23 | Aug 1976 | British |
| MAIDMENT, Christopher John | Director | 2017-07-22 | Sep 1955 | British |
| MAKINSON, Emily Jane Louise | Director | 2024-05-23 | Feb 1986 | British |
| PROSSER, Sharon | Director | 2018-04-19 | Aug 1975 | British |
| REES, Lindsay Anne | Director | 2024-05-23 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 59 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREARLEY, Peter James | Secretary | 2004-06-10 | 2010-07-28 |
| DARLEY, Monica Mary | Secretary | 1997-03-26 | 2001-07-05 |
| DOMINGUES, Rui | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2015-02-13 |
| FURZE, Richard David | Secretary | 2001-07-05 | 2004-06-10 |
| LEVETT, Sally | Secretary | 1994-10-01 | 1997-03-26 |
| NUNN, Sharon Rose | Secretary | 2010-07-28 | 2013-10-01 |
| SCHOFIELD, John Verity, Reverend | Secretary | — | 1994-09-30 |
| AISHER, Robin Allingham | Director | 1992-10-07 | 2006-02-23 |
| ANDREWS, Joannie Ann | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2021-09-16 |
| ANSON, Lavinia Maude | Director | — | 1998-04-02 |
| BENSTED, Anne Campbell | Director | — | 1991-04-03 |
| BRAZIER, David Richard, Esq. | Director | 1998-04-02 | 2014-12-04 |
| BROOKE, Richard David Christopher, Sir | Director | 2001-03-15 | 2002-08-31 |
| BULLOUGH, Roderic Iain | Director | — | 2006-02-23 |
| BURDES, Martin Fulton | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2017-07-22 |
| CAMPBELL, Emerell Sonia | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2026-04-29 |
| CARDALE, Mark Vaisey | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2013-09-11 |
| CARR, Isabel Claire | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2008-02-21 |
| CAVENDISH, Elizabeth Georgina Alice, The Lady | Director | — | 1990-04-03 |
| CHAPMAN, Robert Alan | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| CLARKSON, Ronald Michael Wensley | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2005-10-04 |
| COSTAIN, Peter John | Director | 1999-02-18 | 2008-02-21 |
| COUNTESS, Davina Mary, Alexander Of Tunis | Director | — | 2002-04-04 |
| DAWES, Simon | Director | 2000-02-10 | 2014-03-27 |
| DE ZOETE, Fiona Catherine Fulton | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2013-12-01 |
| DEABAITUA, Emily Clare | Director | 2021-02-18 | 2023-10-18 |
| DEVONPORT, Terence, Viscount | Director | 1999-02-18 | 2020-09-17 |
| FARNHAM, Diana | Director | 1992-12-02 | 2002-02-20 |
| GARCIA, Rikki Marc | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2024-03-31 |
| GINGELL, Lady | Director | — | 1991-12-04 |
| GOODBAND, Suzanne Rose | Director | 2011-03-17 | 2015-07-31 |
| HUDSON, Susan Eileen | Director | 2002-09-19 | 2016-07-07 |
| HUGHES, Henry Richard | Director | — | 1992-05-06 |
| HUMBER, Helen Joy | Director | 1997-03-26 | 2003-11-03 |
| HUSSEY, James Arthur | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2017-08-01 |
| LAMERTON, Morag Archibald | Director | — | 1990-12-05 |
| MANNERS, Thomas Jasper, The Hon | Director | — | 1998-04-02 |
| MEECH, Debbie | Director | 2014-09-19 | 2017-03-21 |
| MILNE, John Drummond, Sir | Director | — | 1998-04-02 |
| ORFORD, Joan Emilia | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
| PASSMAN, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| PENDOCK, Virginia Margaret | Director | 1999-02-18 | 2013-07-18 |
| PRODDOW, Nigel Norman | Director | 1992-03-31 | 2000-02-10 |
| ROBINSON, Philip Chater | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2011-10-07 |
| ROSS, James Hood | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2019-12-31 |
| RUBIE, Kerry Michael | Director | 2002-09-19 | 2021-09-16 |
| SAMUEL, Verena | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1999-02-18 |
| STUDD, Edward Fairfax Bart, Sir | Director | — | 1991-11-06 |
| TAYLOR, Sandra Anne | Director | 2007-09-27 | 2014-08-08 |
| TREND, Patricia, The Lady | Director | — | 1990-09-01 |
| VAN DER SCHALK, Machelius | Director | 2008-02-21 | 2014-03-27 |
| WARWICK, Dawn Lesley | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2013-11-26 |
| WATERHOUSE, Jessie Campbell | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1998-04-02 |
| WEST, Judith Mary | Director | — | 1990-12-05 |
| WHEATLEY, Anthony, Rear Admiral | Director | 1998-04-02 | 2008-06-30 |
| WISE, Peter Ronald | Director | — | 2000-07-31 |
| WITHERS GREEN, Jeremy | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2020-12-04 |
| WRIGHT, Marion Patricia | Director | 2007-09-27 | 2014-10-07 |
| YARDLEY, Robert Guy, Rt Hon | Director | — | 1991-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-8.7%
£20,037,000 £18,297,000
-
Cash
-10.8%
£2,511,000 £2,239,000
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£38,225,000 £37,522,000
-
Employees
-8.1%
491 451
-
Operating profit
+60.8%
-£1,191,000 -£467,000
-
Profit before tax
+60.8%
-£1,191,000 -£467,000
-
Wages
-6.4%
£12,262,000 £11,482,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers